June 5/15 World-record solid-state NMR spectrum acquired on the 900: 75As (I=3/2) in Ph3As is 32 MHz broad and consists of four As sites (Alex Faucher and Rod Wasylishen, Alberta) http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.5b04163

Feb 24/14 115In NMR experiments for Prof. Huaguang Yu (Yangzhou University, China). See some examples of 115In NMR spectra acquired at our NMR Facility in the recent Chemical Science paper by the Rob Schurko group (Windsor) and colleagues from the University of Kent (UK)

Feb 18/14Kevin Burges (Ottawa) is using the unique 7 mm MAS probe optimized for low-gamma nuclei available at the Facility to successfully run some very challenging 43Ca 3QMAS NMR experiments. The MAS Hall sensor is included! (900 probes)

Dec 26/13 Congratulations to the Facility user Piotr Garbacz (University of Warsaw, Poland) who successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis on December 10, 2013

The
National Ultrahigh-Field NMR Facility for Solids is a national scientific
user facility funded by the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI). This facility is seen as the most cost-effective
way to provide the Canadian NMR community access to a world-leading NMR facility
for advancing the science of materials and the innovative development of technologically
advanced products.

Funding for the establishment of the facility
has been arranged through CFI, provincial agencies (Ontario Innovation Trust,
Recherche Québec), Bruker Canada and NRC, with NRC providing a site
for the facility in the W.G.
Schneider building, including office and laboratory space, test equipment
and some ongoing support. The building is leased to the University of Ottawa,
who manages the NMR facility. The Facility has been fully operational since
September 2005.

The equipment consists of a Bruker Avance
II 900 MHz NMR spectrometer with magnet, console, probes and ancillary equipment
to acquire ultrahigh field static and fast spinning NMR spectra of solid materials.
The uniqueness of the Facility is that it is dedicated to solid-state NMR
research, where the highest magnetic fields are beneficial for quadrupolar
and low-gamma nuclei such as oxygen-17, magnesium-25, and chlorine-35 among
others. This type of instrument is not available elsewhere in Canada.Objectives

- to provide Canadian researchers and their academic and industrial
collaborators access to a world-leading 900 MHz NMR facility for solids and
materials

- to ensure a stimulating research environment and expert assistance and
training

- to contribute to the design and development of advanced equipment,
including NMR probes, for solid-state NMR research at ultrahigh magnetic
fields

- to enhance opportunities for collaborative and multidisciplinary research
on national and international levels

Contacts

For
more information about the National Ultrahigh-field NMR Facility for Solids
please contact any member of the Facility Steering
Committee or the Facility Manager:

"Access
to the 21.1 T NMR spectrometer was provided by the National Ultrahigh-Field
NMR Facility for Solids (Ottawa, Canada), a national research facility funded by a consortium of Canadian Universities, supported by the National Research Council Canada and Bruker BioSpin, and managed by the University of Ottawa (http://nmr900.ca).
"